Hapag pulls Baltimore from transatlantic loop

Friday, October 26, 2012

The liner carrier Hapag-Lloyd said Thursday it will delete a call at the Port of Baltimore from its GMX transatlantic service from early December.
The revised rotation, as of the Dec. 8 sailing, will be Thamesport, Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Le Havre, Veracruz, Altamira, Houston, New Orleans, Charleston, and Thamesport. The service is operated with six Hapag-Lloyd vessels with an average capacity of 3,043 TEUs, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. OOCL and ACL take slots.
The German line said the suspension of the Baltimore call is for the winter. - Eric Johnson